Khaled Barakeh

Khaled Barakeh is a Berlin-based conceptual artist and cultural activist. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Damascus, Syria. He completed his MFA at Funen Art Academy in Odense,Denmark, and his Meisterschuler study at the Städelschule Art Academy in Frankfurt, Germany.Driven by his observations of longstanding social injustice, Barakeh approaches creative practice asa tool for societal change; manipulating commonplace visual and cultural touchstones to expose andundermine stagnant power structures. Barakeh has exhibited at Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, The 11thShanghai Biennale, The Frankfurter Kunstverein, Artspace New Zealand, The Busan Biennale, andMKG Hamburg, among many others.